View full sizeNASA/Bill IngallsA Soyuz rocket is rolled out to its launch pad for a Sunday launch to the International Space Station.

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft was rolled out by train today to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in preparation for a launch at 3:42 a.m. Central Time Sunday.

The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft will take Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi, of Japan, to the International Space Station.